玛丽·麦特琳饰演一位患有听力障碍的女子，在丈夫因车祸去世后力图重塑生活，并和母亲挽救女儿的命运。

Marg Duffield (Lee Remick) is the Maine wife of Al (Joseph Sommer) whose daughter Peg (Marlee Matlin) is deaf. Peg's husband is killed in a car accide